Director Project Engineering

We are currently exploring potential candidates for an upcoming role at McDermott. While this position is not yet open for active recruitment, we want to connect with talented individuals who may be interested in future projects with us. If you are passionate about building energy's future and want to be considered when this role becomes available, we encourage you to submit your details.  

Job Overview:

The Director Project Engineering role requires comprehensive Project Engineering (Eng), Management, and business expertise. The Director Project Engineering leads through subordinate managers of managers and executes functional business plans and contributes to the development of functional strategy. They direct the resolution of highly complex or unusual business problems that have implications beyond their Function. The Director Project Engineering applies broad industry and commercial awareness to drive financial and operational performance and influence customer relationships.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Primary responsibility is to deliver engineering of large and complex SURF + SPS projects
• Instill and promote a "Safety as a Value" culture  
• Administrative and technical management of the Project Engineering Department
  • Establish a budget and salary plan for the department  
  • Identify and recruit staff for Project Engineering positions  
  • Maintain staffing levels appropriate to the projected workload  
  • Provide leadership and training for the professional development of staff
  • Identify and correct performance gaps
  • Maintain Company processes and procedures related to Project Execution  
• Allocate resources to provide quality, on time and cost-effective deliverables for projects and proposals  
• Responsible for the integrity of the work produced
• Responsible for cost, schedule, quantity, and budget control
• Ensure work is being coordinated with the other departments, offices, fabrication, and construction to meet project requirements
• Ensure proactive and effective management of change
• Monitor project performance and provide input and support as required  
• Participate in monthly Project Reviews  
• Execute Project Engineering Assessment (PEA) for Project Engineering  
• Support proposal development  
• Support the Lessons Learned process and continuous improvement initiatives of the company 
• Own and lead the implementation, enforcement, and verification of compliance with all McDermott policies and procedures
• Ensure employees understand their responsibility and authority to effectively implement the requirements of all McDermott policies and procedures
• Ensure the timely completion of all mandatory training by themselves and their teams

Essential Qualifications and Education:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in an engineering discipline  
• Minimum 15 years of Project Engineering and/or Engineering Management experience  
• Demonstrates a broad technical knowledge of detailed design engineering codes and standards  
• Familiar with detailed engineering and design work procedures and processes  
• Able to read and understand contractual documentation  
• Able to effectively communicate with and lead engineers and non-engineers  
• Licensed Professional Engineer  
• Membership in related Professional Organization(s)  
• Field assignment experience  
• Experience in International Projects  
• Experience with multi-office (MOPEX) execution  
• Experience in execution as part of a Joint Venture or Consortium Group  
• Experience developing proposals and contractual documentation  
• Experience acting in a PMT role for projects  
• Experience in revamping (Brownfield) and grassroots (Greenfield) projects 

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